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May
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Putin, S.Africa’s Ramaphosa discussed Ukraine in phone call-Kremlin

Putin, S.Africa’s Ramaphosa discussed Ukraine in phone call-Kremlin

NEWS
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow had never refused the "diplomatic track" to resolving the conflict in Ukraine in a phone call with his South African counterpart, the Kremlin said. Putin said he supported South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's proposal to involve African leaders in talks regarding a peace process for Ukraine, according to the Kremlin's readout of the call. South Africa has positioned itself as neutral in the conflict, now in its 15th month. On Friday, officials there hit back at U.S. accusations that a sanctioned Russian ship had picked up weapons from a naval base near Cape Town late…
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May
13
2023
By EDWARD MCALLISTER
Malian troops, foreign forces executed 500 people in village in 2022 – UN

Malian troops, foreign forces executed 500 people in village in 2022 – UN

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MALIAN soldiers and unidentified "armed white men" likely executed at least 500 people, and sexually assaulted or tortured dozens of others during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali last year, the U.N. Human Rights Office said. On March 27, 2022, Malian soldiers and foreign personnel descended in helicopters and opened fire on fleeing residents, the report said. In a roundup of civilians in the following days, hundreds more were shot and thrown in ditches. The U.N. report on the incident was released after a months-long investigation into what rights groups say is the worst atrocity…
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May
13
2023
By CRISPIN KYALA
DRC floods tragedy: the search for more bodies goes on

DRC floods tragedy: the search for more bodies goes on

NEWS
WITH shovels, sticks and bare hands, Red Cross volunteers struggled to clear caked mud from around a body half buried in a landslide in Bushushu village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A week after torrential rains triggered deadly floods, the workers said they were exhausted and running out of equipment. But they keep finding corpses under piles of debris, buried in hillsides, floating in waterways and the nearby lake. "We are very, very limited in what we do, especially the transport of bodies. It's a serious problem," Désiré Yuma Machumu, head of the Red Cross in Congo's South Kivu…
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May
13
2023
By KOPANO GUMBI and WENDELL ROELF
South Africa rejects U.S. accusations of arms shipment to Russia

South Africa rejects U.S. accusations of arms shipment to Russia

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SOUTH African officials hit back at U.S. accusations that a sanctioned Russian ship had collected weapons from a naval base near Cape Town late last year, a move investors fear could lead Washington to impose sanctions. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship uploaded weapons from the Simon's Town base in December, suggesting the incident was not in line with Pretoria's stance of neutrality in the Ukraine conflict. Western diplomats were alarmed at South Africa carrying out naval exercises with Russia and China this year and at the timing of a visit by Russian Foreign…
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May
13
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan’s exports grind to a halt, deepening humanitarian crisis

Sudan’s exports grind to a halt, deepening humanitarian crisis

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SUDAN'S sudden eruption into war has strangled exports of key goods including gold, sesame, peanuts and meat, traders based in Dubai say, depriving it of the foreign currency needed to import staple goods. Fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is fiercest in Khartoum and has closed the airport, shut down banks, cut power to businesses and halted shipping as armed men have looted offices, factories and warehouses. Foreign currency from exports, particularly from the $2 billion gold trade through Dubai, is vital for impoverished Sudan to import fuel, wheat, medicine and food as it grapples with a…
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May
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Last known speaker fights to preserve South African indigenous language

Last known speaker fights to preserve South African indigenous language

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WHEN she was a girl in South Africa's Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an "ugly language". Now at age 90, she is the last known speaker of N|uu, one of a group of indigenous languages in South Africa that have been all but stamped out by the impacts of colonialism and apartheid. "We became ashamed when we were young girls, and we stopped speaking the language," Esau told Reuters. Instead, she spoke Afrikaans, the language promoted by South Africa's white minority rulers. Later, as an…
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May
12
2023
By MACDONALD DZIRUTWE
Return of Benin Bronzes delayed after Nigerian president’s decree

Return of Benin Bronzes delayed after Nigerian president’s decree

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A British university has postponed the return of more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after a presidential decree named a royal ruler as the owner and custodian of all returned artefacts, the head of museums and monuments said. Nigeria is on a quest to get thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now southwestern Nigeria, in 1897. But an official gazette signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 28 said the Oba of Benin was the rightful owner of all…
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May
11
2023
By The African Mirror
Teenager killed, dozens injured in fresh bout of Senegal unrest

Teenager killed, dozens injured in fresh bout of Senegal unrest

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A 15-year-old girl was killed and about 30 people were wounded during clashes between protesters and security forces in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday night, a local official said. Protests broke out in the crowded Ngor neighbourhood amid a dispute over a piece of land that locals want to use to build a school but which the authorities have earmarked for a police station. They came during a time of general unrest in Senegal, which is considered one of West Africa's most stable democracies but has been rocked by violent demonstrations linked to President Macky Sall's refusal to rule out…
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May
15
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa is ‘actively non-aligned’ on Ukraine war

South Africa is ‘actively non-aligned’ on Ukraine war

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SOUTH Africa's presidential security advisor said the country was "actively non-aligned" in Russia's war against Ukraine after U.S. allegations it had supplied weapons to Moscow led to a diplomatic crisis this week. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety said on Thursday he was confident a Russian ship under U.S. sanctions had collected weapons from a base near Cape Town in December. Senior U.S. officials had "profound concerns" about South Africa not respecting its professed policy of non-alignment, he added. Speaking after leading a delegation on a U.S. visit last month, Sydney Mufamadi, security advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa, emphasised the…
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May
15
2023
By The African Mirror
Mali rejects UN report on execution of 500 villagers

Mali rejects UN report on execution of 500 villagers

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MALI'S interim military government has rejected a United Nations human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign fighters during an operation last year. The ruling junta was responding to a report released on Friday after a months-long investigation into what rights groups described as the worst atrocity in a 10-year conflict between Islamist groups and the army. "The transitional government vehemently denounces this biased report that is based on a fictitious narrative and does not meet established international standards," government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga said in a statement on Saturday. The report…
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